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BBC News South Africa's ANC on course to lose majority

The ANC could lose its majority in parliament for the first time since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.

BBC News ‘Aposiopesis’: Watch 12-year-old win US Spelling Bee

Bruhat Soma correctly spelled words like ‘caixinha’ and ‘sciniph’ to take home the $50,000 prize.

BBC News The evolution of Champions League finalist Bellingham

How Jude Bellingham has evolved from a central midfielder at Birmingham City to Real Madrid's main goal threat and key player.

BBC News India MP arrested in sex abuse case on return to country

Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of sexually assaulting several women, was arrested at the Bengaluru airport.

BBC News Meet the women campaigning to become Mexico's first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez are election front-runners in a deeply patriarchal society.

BBC News Hong Kong convicts 14 activists of subversion

The court acquitted two other defendants, saying it "cannot be sure" that they were "parties to the scheme".

BBC News ANC on course to lose majority

The ANC could lose its majority in parliament for the first time since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.

BBC News How Donald Trump's historic guilty verdict unfolded

The ex-president has been convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his criminal trial.

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The former president has been convicted on all counts in historic criminal trial.

BBC News Biden allows Ukraine to hit some targets in Russia with US weapons

The US president gives Ukraine permission to use US-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but only near Kharkiv.

BBC News District Attorney on Trump verdict: ‘I did my job’

Alvin Bragg thanked the jury and prosecutors for their work "following the facts and the law". He said his team at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had treated this case like they would any other, despite the defendant - a former president - being like no other in American history.

BBC News Global tourism is booming. These people would rather it wasn’t

Locals in some of the world's tourism hotspots say they are being overwhelmed. What can be done about it?

BBC News Dinosaur hunter stumbles across million-dollar find

This extraordinary discovery was made by chance, during one man’s birthday stroll on the mountains of Colorado.

BBC News BBC reporter in court describes what Trump did after guilty verdict

A BBC reporter who was in the courtroom describes the former president's body language as the guilty verdict was read.

BBC News Brass bands and ballot boxes: Africa's top shots

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.